On Thursday Trump and Putin spoke on the phone for around ten minutes without national security adviser H.R. McMaster. Donald was euphoric that the Russian president praised Trump on the U.S. economy. It's interesting that the Russians made the U.S. aware of this phone call first and not the Oval office. Much of what Putin told the media about the call could have been uttered by Trump himself. Putin said Trump had "fairly serious achievements" "Investor confidence in the American economy, which means that they trust what President Trump is doing in this area." Then the Russian strongman said it was "espionage mania" surrounding the investigations into Russia's election hacking.